Everything Else Flashcards
What is a problem with DSM 4 classification?
Assumption that each disorder is separate
Often we see comorbidity
What is the goal of DSM 5?
Prognosis based on individual rather than testing
What are some criticisms of DSM-5?
- lacks transparency
- conflict of interest
- ## lack of outside input
What is the Bereavement exclusion?
No exclusion of diagnosis for 2 months
- now you can diagnosis something directly after a situation occurs (like depression after a loved ones death)
For something to be diagnosed what criteria must be met?
- symptoms - patterns of cognition and behavior subjectively reported
- signs - patterns of cognition and behavior objectively observed
- timing - symptoms and signs present at a certain frequency
- impairment - in two or more realms
How many major diagnostic classes are in the DSM-5?
19
What is body integrity disorder?
Wanting healthy limbs cut off because “it feels right”
What is the official coding system?
Not DSM 5
- international classification of diseases, clinical manifestation (ICD-9-CM)
When must ADHD be presented?
- Before age 12
- 2 or more settings - academic, social, family
- 3-5% of school aged children have ADHD
What are the two types of ADHD?
- inattentive: focus and organize
- hyperactive/impulsive: loud and interruptive
Where does inattentive ADHD present most?
In girls
What are things that cause ADHD?
Genetics, in utero exposure (nicotine, alcohol, cannibis), notochord trauma, frontal lobe trauma (heavy metal exposure),
What are some comorbidities of ADHD?
Learning disabilities ODD Anxiety disorders Mood disorders Psychotic
What can TICS be confused for?
ADHD
What is a function problem in ADHD?
The executive function is significantly lower than IQ
What are some things you rule out before diagnosing ADHD?
- Neuro seizures
- Tourette’s
- migraines
- endocrine
- diabetes
- drugs
- sleep disorders
What may “i can’t play video games all day long” indicate?
ODD or learning disorder
What may “video games are boring” indicate?
ADHD
What are some tests for ADHD?
Wisconsin card sorting test
- working memory and processing speed
What is cloninger “dimensions?”
It describes personality
- increased risk taking
- decreased harm avoidance
- reward dependance
- only ADHD
What are the stages of ADHD treatment?
- Stage 0: adjunctive - special ed if with learning disabilities. Parent education. Behavior modifications. Individual therapy.
- Stage 1: methylphenidate (Ritalin) or amphetamine
- stage 2: Ritalin, adderall, focalin (continuous-concerta)
- stage 3: atomoxetine
- stage 4: atomoxetine plus stim
- stage 5: TCAs
- stage 6: alpha agonist (2) BP meds to calm - little focus
What are two last stage ADHD meds?
Alpha agonists
Clonidine
Gaunfacine
What drug can cure both ADHD and anxiety?
Atomoxetine
How do you treat ADHD with tic disorders?
1: stim mono therapy
2: stim and alpha agonists
3: add atypical antipsychotic
4: add pimozide or haloperidol
How do you treat ADHD with aggression?
ADHD Stim Atypical stim Lithium or divalproex Add both
How do you treat ADHD with chemical dependency?
- chemical dependancy
- strattera vs bupropion
- treatment with urine testing
What are the most common comorbidities of PTSD?
- ODD
- depression
- anxiety
- substance abuse disorder
What is reactive attachment disorder?
- emotionally withdrawn behavior toward adult caregivers
- a persistent social and emotional disturbance
- child has experienced a pattern of extremes of insufficient care
- event before age 5 at least 9 months
What is disinhibited social engagement disorder?
- overly familiar behavior with relative strangers
- childhood disorders
What is ASD?
Acute stress disorder
- pre PTSD
- 3days- 1 month
What is criteria A for PTSD?
How the event is experienced
- directly experiencing
- witnessing in person
- learning an event happened to someone close
- repeated exposure to aversive details (1st respon)
What are the four symptoms of PTSD? (Criteria B-E)
B: intrusive symptom (dreams, flashbacks)
C: avoidance of reminders
D: neg alterations in cognition and mood (depress)
E: alterations of arousal and reactivity (hyper vigilance, sleep probs)
What is criteria F of PTSD?
Duration
Must persist at least a month
What is criteria G of PTSD?
Distress - in social and occupational life
What are the specifies for PTSD?
Acute - within 3 months of event
Chronic - after 3 months
What are the criteria for PTSD?
A: how it is experienced B: intrusive symptoms C: avoidance D: neg alterations in cog and mood E: alterations in arousal and reactivity F: duration G: distress (social and job)
What is the major change in the DSM-5 for PTSD?
Sexual assault is specifically included (also recurring exposure like first responders)
What is the evaluation of PTSD?
15-1hr if needed for legal claims - use DREAMS D: detachment R: re experiencing event E: emotional effects A: avoidance M: month of duration S: sympathetic hyperactivity of vigilance
What is the biological basis for PTSD?
NE: fear, flight response, sympathetic activation, arousal, hyperactvity, (too much)
5HT: self defense, rage and attenuation of fear
(Too little): aggression, violence, depression, anxiety, impulsive
What is the lifetime prevalence of PTSD?
7.8% up to 12%
10.4% for women
5% for men
What is the PTSD risk by event?
Rape-49
Severe beating/assault-31.9
Other sexual assault-23.7
What is the prevalence by gender of PTSD?
Men: rape, combat, childhood neglect, childhood abuse
Women: rape, sexual molestation,physical attack, weapon, childhood physical abuse
What are some risk factors for ptsd?
Women: anxiety and depression,
Men: irritability, impulsiveness, substance abuse
African Americans and Hispanic war vets
What is the comorbidity of PTSD?
80%
- anxiety
- affective (MDD, bipolar)
- depression and mania are more likely to occur
What is the rate of suicide for PTSD Pxs?
20%
What are the three types of stress injuries in PTSD?
- traumatic stress is due to horror or terror
- operational fatigue is due to accumulation of stresses over time
- grief is due to loss of important friends or leaders
What is the trauma transmission model?
Partners use sympathy and empathy
Results in realistic experience
What percent of partners of military members with PTSD have significantly higher clinical levels of relational distress?
71% compared to 36% without a partner with PTSD
What are the two types of therapies for PTSD?
Exposure: education to common rxns to trauma, repeated exposure to past trauma
Cognitive: separating the intrusive thoughts from associated stress and anxiety
Also stress inoculation - variant of exposure training
What medications do you use to treat PTSD?
SSRIs and TCA
What percent of soldiers need mental health assessment and get care?
33% need it
Only 12.5% get it
More likely to contact a medical professional
What is the difference between the percentage of PTSD Pxs who go to their behavioral health specialist?
44% go if reffered
76% go when introduced
What is the symptom experience of PTSD and when should he have therapy?
- on and off symptoms
- therapy 1 month or sooner and then every 3 months
What is a problem with professional training with relation to PTSD?
They aren’t trained to assess for psychosocial difficulties
What is the assessment tool used to assess neuro development?
Ages and stages questionnaire (ASQ-3)
Completed by parents in 10-15min
How do you diagnosis a neuro developmental disorder?
- individualized intelligence testing (score below or at 70 +- 5)
- multiple low function in normal life
- onset of intellectual and adaptive deficits
What are the adaptive functioning severity domains?
Conceptual - symbolic thought, reasoning, problems
Social - awareness of others, empathy, communication and friendship skills
Practical - learning and self-management skills
What is the overall general prevalence of intellectual disability?
1%
6 in 1000 for severe
What is the gender ratio of ASD?
4:1
What is the prevalence of ASD?
1%
1 out of 68 people in the U.S.
What are the diagnostic criteria for ASD?
- persistent deficits in social communication and interactions
- restricted repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and activities manifested by at least 2 of the following: repetitive motor movements, insistence and sameness, fixated interests, hypo or hyper reactivity to sensory input
- early development
- clinically sig impairment in areas
- disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability
What is the treatment of ASD?
- behavioral treatment and management (ABA)
- specialized therapies
- child and family therapy: social play, and to support family
- meds: according to conditions and behaviors
- local community resources
- web
What is Yerke’s Dodson anxiety-performance curve?
A curve showing the spectrum of anxiety disorder
psychotic symptoms can be normal
What is the hallmark of panic disorder?
Fight-or-Flight response
Feel they are losing control
Can feel like an MI
What is the epidemiology of panic disorder?
1.5% lifetime prevalence
4:1 women:men
Late teens - early 30s
3.5% general pop
6-10% primary care
30-50% cardiology
What is the epidemiology of social anxiety disorder?
3-13%
16 years
20% report fear of public speaking
What are the most common obsessions of OCD?
Contamination and violent images